Patent · US Expired

Suction gripper in a reversing device of a sheet-fed rotary printing press

US6098543A · kind A · utility

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17Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 18, 1999
Grant dateAug 8, 2000
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 18, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41F21/108
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a reversing device of a sheet-fed rotary printing machine, there is provided a suction gripper for taking over a trailing edge of a sheet conveyed on an upline sheet-conveying cylinder, the suction gripper being movable out of a periphery of a downline sheet-conveying cylinder, gripping the sheet to be reversed in a region of the trailing edge thereof, and being movable back in a substantially radial direction towards the downline sheet-conveying cylinder for transferring thereat the trailing edge of the sheet to a further gripper device, including a device for converting the substantially radial return movement of the suction gripper into an axial movement of the suction gripper so as to tauten the sheet.

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